Kaulbach's Modern World

What a great summer! We left Switzerland, headed to our home in Vermont to get organized, get fit, soak in the family and friend time. And already its time to head back to living in Saudi. I will be ready to head back after a few more walks through Vermont meadows and a few more adventures. As I plan to hit the races and miles again, I thought I would write about my running. here's my link to my latest post using Adobe Sparks. https://spark.adobe.com/page/o8L3c3dj8Q2pU/

Spring of 2019 I published this post. I only recently migrated to Blogger. I feel that it is not to late to add this back into my collection of stories:

Long ago, my husband and I found each other because we love stories that celebrate the individual, who has lost something of value. Striving against the odds, against the enemy the hero discovers powers along the way, creates alliances and return from an unordinary place, reflective and changed. What was lost is found with so much more. Why can't education be this sort of revelation? For anyone who loves some or all of this story frame, we presented an open invitation to our game construct at the Tri-Association in Costa Rica. We whittled it down from a passion project into a presentation for any educator of any content in any subject area.  A Hero's Journey, Promoting Global Game Collaboration  involves a simple notion; students gain contextual knowledge within the construct of a story. The game becomes an incentive or reward for classroom learning. Unlocking levels of classroom content through a series of puzzles and locks.   The backstory is the hero's ...

Here's a link to my post using Sparks as a new format. I like the composition style more than what I already have. link -

I usually start my blog with a connection to literature. My recent subscription to the New York Times finally helped me see a connection. An article posted on March 5 outlined our country's administrative ideology towards to immigration The Breitbart site often describes an all-encompassing clash between “nationalists” and “globalists.” In this worldview, American interests are assumed to be at odds with those of the rest of the world, and immigration is seen as undercutting the national identity — with “globalists” being the enemy within..." Huh... Being a migrant here in the DR has made me more of an American than I ever cared to be. And travelling to the northern side of this island brought us an opportunity to meet some celebrity migrants that seem to handle their lives as globalists with sophistication. Meet the north Atlantic humpback whales.  We are here in a small boat where the Atlantic meets the Caribbean. And this one whale named Jigger has qui...